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Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., this week introduced the Medicare for America Act, legislation that would create a national health insurance program for most Americans.
Nearly 72.4 million people were enrolled in Medicaid or the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program in January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported last week.
On March 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published proposed rules that would promote patient access to health information in Medicare, Medicaid, the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program (CHIP),鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Feb. 11 issued proposed rules that would promote patient access to health information in Medicare, Medicaid, the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program, and federally facilitated鈥
Clinicians can now look up their preliminary eligibility status for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, one of two payment pathways for clinicians under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
AHA said it generally supports CMS鈥 efforts to grant greater state-level flexibility and reduce regulatory burden, but urged the agency to ensure Medicaid enrollees have timely access to quality care services.
The AHA has supported CMS鈥檚 efforts over the last several years to modernize the Medicaid managed care regulations to more closely align with the Medicare Advantage program as well as private insurance. In general, AHA believes these efforts have helped promote a more accountable and transparent鈥
Total enrollment growth in Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program decreased 2.2 percent nationally between July 2017 and July 2018, including declines in 37 states and the District of Columbia.
The Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 recent proposed rule could limit legal immigrants鈥 future immigration status based on their receipt of public benefits. Specifically, the rule proposes to change current policies that govern 鈥減ublic charge鈥 determinations, which assess how likely an individual鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced blanket waivers from certain Medicare, Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program requirements to help health care providers meet patients鈥 needs in areas of Alaska affected by Friday鈥檚 earthquake.